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Fiery pool, the Maya and the mythic sea, [edited by] Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston

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Fiery pool, the Maya and the mythic sea, [edited by] Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-320) and index
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Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Fiery pool
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bibliographycatalogs
Oclc number
501186772
Responsibility statement
[edited by] Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston
Sub title
the Maya and the mythic sea
Table Of Contents
Introduction / Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston -- The worlds of the ancient Maya and the worlds they made / Mary E. Miller and Megan O'Neil -- Drowned landscapes / Heather McKillop -- The wide waters of Palenque / David Stuart -- Living waters and wondrous beasts / Stephen D. Houston -- Symbols of water management at Copan, Honduras / Barbara W. Fash -- The music of shells / Marc Zender -- Navigating the Maya world / Daniel Finamore -- The dark lord of Maya trade / Simon Martin -- The Maya ports Isla Cerritos and Uaymil / Rafael Cobos -- Where earth and sky meet : the sea and sky in ancient and contemporary Maya cosmology / Karl A. Taube -- Offerings to the rain gods : the archaeology of Maya caves / James E. Brady -- Objects cast into cenotes / Luis Alberto Martos López -- Coda : the sea and art / Daniel Finamore
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Maya and the mythic sea
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